Nehemiah 10:28: the rest of the people - Study Note/bible/Neh/10/28... to the representative priests, Levites and lay leaders (Nehemiah10:8-9,14), all the people gave assent to the covenant. Five key points were noted in their oath: (1) no intermarriage with “the people of the land”; (2) no commerce...

Nehemiah 10:8: these were the priests - Study Note/bible/Neh/10/8... Zidkijah (or Zedekiah) who may have been either an aide to Nehemiahor else chief among the priests at the time. Ezra, the most important among the priests at Jerusalem, did not sign, however. No reason is given, but perhaps it was because he...